Former Jackson State Faculty Senate pres. sues college pres.
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Former Jackson State Faculty Senate pres. sues college pres.

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[ad_1] A former Jackson State University Faculty Senate president is suing the institution, its president and the statewide public university system board, alleging wrongful termination. Dawn McLin,…

Texas A&M to pause enrollment growth to “rightsize”
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Texas A&M to pause enrollment growth to “rightsize”

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[ad_1] Texas A&M University is planning to pause undergraduate enrollment growth for the next five years, The Battalion reported. The university’s student body has grown by 30 percent…

Harvard cancels medical lecture featuring patients from Gaza
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Harvard cancels medical lecture featuring patients from Gaza

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[ad_1] Harvard Medical School canceled a lecture last week over concerns that plans for patients from the Gaza Strip to speak would give a one-sided view of…

FEHE network has roots in anti–gay marriage fight, Opus Dei
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FEHE network has roots in anti–gay marriage fight, Opus Dei

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[ad_1] The Foundation for Excellence in Higher Education touts its proximity to prestigious universities: Columbia, Duke, Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, Yale—even the University of Oxford. It’s right there…

House Republicans target student loan programs for budget cuts
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House Republicans target student loan programs for budget cuts

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[ad_1] As Republicans on Capitol Hill look to potentially spend billions on mass deportations, tax cuts and other Trump administration priorities, the House GOP is hunting for…

Meet the meta postdoc (opinion)
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Meet the meta postdoc (opinion)

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[ad_1] As graduate students and postdocs pursue careers beyond the tenure track, they are looking for opportunities to develop skills for a variety of posts within the…

Grassroots college leader group resists anti-DEI legislation
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Grassroots college leader group resists anti-DEI legislation

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[ad_1] “Chaos is the goal,” Mike Gavin, president of Delta College in Michigan, told a Zoom room full of higher ed professionals on a January afternoon. “These…

Understanding adult college student success needs
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Understanding adult college student success needs

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[ad_1] More colleges and universities are enrolling nontraditional learners—adults who have completed some college education but didn’t finish a credential or those who are re-enrolling to gain…

Did the Ivy League really break America? (opinion)
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Did the Ivy League really break America? (opinion)

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[ad_1] Are many of the ills that plague American society caused by Ivy League admission policies? That is the premise of David Brooks’s cover story for the…

Biology syllabi lack learner-centered principles
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Biology syllabi lack learner-centered principles

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[ad_1] A course syllabus serves as a road map for navigating the upcoming term and content that will be covered, but researchers believe it could support students’…